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Beach Hazards Statement 9, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 28, 2025, 2:52 AM EDT for Manistee County, Michigan. It took effect at Aug 28, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 28, 2025, 2:52 AM EDT (06:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 28, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2025, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
County Manistee County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 147 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1678 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
448 WHUS43 KAPX 280652 CFWAPX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Gaylord MI 252 AM EDT Thu Aug 28 2025 MIZ031-281500- /O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0009.250828T1200Z-250829T0000Z/ Manistee- 252 AM EDT Thu Aug 28 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to high waves of 4 to 6 feet and rip currents. * WHERE...Manistee County. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Strong currents can pull swimmers into deeper water and high waves can sweep people off piers. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
2 follow-up statements
821 WHUS43 KAPX 281358 CFWAPX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Gaylord MI 958 AM EDT Thu Aug 28 2025 MIZ031-290000- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-250829T0000Z/ Manistee- 958 AM EDT Thu Aug 28 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to high waves of 4 to 6 feet and rip currents. * WHERE...Manistee County. * WHEN...Through 8 pm this evening. * IMPACTS...Strong currents can pull swimmers into deeper water and high waves can sweep people off piers. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
333 WHUS43 KAPX 281815 CFWAPX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Gaylord MI 215 PM EDT Thu Aug 28 2025 MIZ031-290000- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-250829T0000Z/ Manistee- 215 PM EDT Thu Aug 28 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to high waves of 3 to 5 feet and rip currents. * WHERE...Manistee County. * WHEN...Through 8 pm this evening. * IMPACTS...Strong currents can pull swimmers into deeper water and high waves can sweep people off piers. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 11:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 39 min | |
| Aug 27, 11:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Antrim | 36 min |
| Aug 28, 12:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Grand Traverse | 28 min |
| Aug 28, 12:12 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 63 min | |
| Aug 28, 12:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Antrim, Grand Traverse | 45 min |
| Aug 28, 2:51 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | APX | 22 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.